NJTank Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Spiezio and his wife, Jennifer Spiezio, went to dinner Dec. 30 at Ruth's Chris Steak House in Irvine. There, the player allegedly had six Grey Goose vodkas with cranberry juice while his wife drank champagne. After dinner, they went to Ten, a restaurant in Newport Beach, where together they ordered more vodka, food and an energy drink.Spiezio left Ten alone in the couple's silver 2004 BMW 745 LI. A short time later, witnesses told police they saw the car speeding, cutting across lanes and crossing into oncoming traffic before driving over a curb and crashing into a fence at Campus Drive and Carlson Avenue.One witness told police he saw a man climb out of the driver's side door, crawl over the fence and cross the street. The witness said he yelled to the man and asked if anyone was injured and that the man replied, "No, no one injured, no one injured," and then ran off.At least one witness later identified the man as Spiezio.When police arrived, they found Spiezio's iPhone and Louis Vuitton wallet in the car. In the wallet were Spiezio's Illinois drivers license and credit cards.NAUSEA AND FISTSIn the meantime, Spiezio called a friend in the condo complex and asked him to meet him downstairs. The friend, Robert Stuart, saw that Spiezio appeared drunk and that his right hand was bleeding so he took him to his condo. There, Stuart and another friend of Spiezio's ? former minor league pitcher Mike Parisi (not the Mike Parisi who is now with the Cardinals) ? tried to clean and put Neosporin on the wound. Stuart also told police he called Spiezio's wife and asked her to come help.As the two men were helping Spiezio, he began vomiting. Parisi asked Spiezio why he couldn't make it to the toilet. Angered, Spiezio grabbed Parisi and began wrestling him. Parisi tried to protect himself and Spiezio said, "You know I can kick your ass."After releasing Parisi, the reports says Spiezio hit him in the left eye and then pursued him. He grabbed Parisi again and threw him against a wall, causing a dent in the drywall, according to statements in the file.Stuart halted Spiezio, and the ballplayer's wife, who had arrived, then left with him.Reached Friday, Stuart said he couldn't comment on the incident. "I'm trying to distance myself from the situation," he said.Parisi, a former minor leaguer with the Florida Marlins' organization and now a high school coach, could not be reached.CLOSET WON'T OPENRecords in the court file say that when officers realized the BMW was registered to the Spiezios, they went to the couple's home, some 200 yards from the wreck, and two floors above Stuart's home.The records gave this account: Jennifer Spiezio answered the door and said police couldn't speak to her husband because he was asleep, sick with pneumonia. She told them she would check on him but came back a minute later and said she didn't want to wake him.After police told her they believed her husband had been injured in a crash, she said they could come in but that she wanted to wake him first. She returned crying, said he wasn't in the room and that she didn't know where he'd gone but that they could look for him.Three officers went inside and couldn't find him. "However," one report reads, "there was what appeared to be a storage closet that we were unable to gain entry into. ? It seemed that the door was being held shut from the inside, or was locked from the inside."Another report read: "It is believed that Scott Spiezio was hiding behind this door."As the officers were about to depart, Stuart and Parisi went to the Spiezios' condo. The two then talked to police.Police never made contact with Spiezio that night.The Cardinals have agreed to pay Spiezio's $2.4 million salary for this season plus a $100,000 buyout of next season's option.If Spiezio is convicted of the Orange County charges, he could face up to two years in the county jail.http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/st...79?OpenDocument www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shumway Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Thanks for that clutch homerun in '02, Scott. What the hell have you done to yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I am a Cardinal..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shumway Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I am a Cardinal.....Maybe you can take Spezio's spot in the lineup then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I am a Cardinal.....Maybe you can take Spezio's spot in the lineup thenA'aight.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I am a Cardinal.....Maybe you can take Spezio's spot in the lineup then... while Spezio takes Hedley's spot in the police lineup... I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkJourney Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Thanks for that clutch homerun in '02, Scott. What the hell have you done to yourself?Oh the pain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshawaggie Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 The part about the closet was quite humerous. @josh_j12 CFA- Fargo Bobcats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 Yeah, I think R. Kelly should do a song for Scott Spezio www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tp49 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Maybe Spezio will soon be singing "Folsom Prison Blues." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigga Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I wonder will Justin (STL_Fanboy) defend Spezio since the Cardinals dumped him? He IS NOT a Cardinal! On January 16, 2013 at 3:49 PM, NJTank said: Btw this is old hat for Notre Dame. Knits Rockne made up George Tip's death bed speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Well...This sucks. https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I wonder will Justin (STL_Fanboy) defend Spezio since the Cardinals dumped him? He IS NOT a Cardinal!Heh. I was thinking the same thing, especially since it's DUI. Back-to-Back Fatal Forty Champion 2015 & 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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